Amy S. Kohtz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department:
SOM-Psychiatry
Email:
akohtz@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 815-1017
Education
| SUNY at Albany, PhD, Behavioral Neuroscience | 2014 |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, Sex Differences in Addiction, NIDA | 02/2022 - 02/2025 |
| Extramural, Sex Differences in Addiction, NIDA | 03/2019 - 02/2022 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Kohtz AS, Walf AA, Frye CA, Effects of non-contingent cocaine on 3 alpha-androstanediol. II. Disruption of lordosis of proestrous rats. Physiology & behavior, 2019 May 1;203:113-119 | 2019 |
| Kohtz AS, Walf AA, Frye CA, Effects of non-contingent cocaine on 3alpha-androstanediol. I. Disruption of male sexual behavior. Physiology & behavior, 2019 May 1;203:120-127 | 2019 |
| Kohtz AS, Lin B, Smith ME, Aston-Jones G, Attenuated cocaine-seeking after oxytocin administration in male and female rats. Psychopharmacology, 2018 Jul;235(7):2051-2063 | 2018 |
| Steinmetz AB, Stern SA, Kohtz AS, Descalzi G, Alberini CM, Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Targets the mTOR Pathway to Reverse Autism-Like Phenotypes in Mice. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2018 Jan 24;38(4):1015-1029 | 2018 |
| McRae-Clark AL, Cason AM, Kohtz AS, Moran Santa-Maria M, Aston-Jones G, Brady KT, Impact of gender on corticotropin-releasing factor and noradrenergic sensitivity in cocaine use disorder. Journal of neuroscience research, 2017 Jan 2;95(1-2):320-327 | 2017 |
| Kohtz AS, Aston-Jones G, Cocaine Seeking During Initial Abstinence Is Driven by Noradrenergic and Serotonergic Signaling in Hippocampus in a Sex-Dependent Manner. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017 Jan;42(2):408-418 | 2017 |
| Stern SA, Kohtz AS, Pollonini G, Alberini CM, Enhancement of memories by systemic administration of insulin-like growth factor II. Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2014 Aug;39(9):2179-90 | 2014 |
| Frye CA, Walf AA, Kohtz AS, Zhu Y, Progesterone-facilitated lordosis of estradiol-primed mice is attenuated by knocking down expression of membrane progestin receptors in the midbrain. Steroids, 2014 Mar;81:17-25 | 2014 |
| Frye CA, Walf AA, Kohtz AS, Zhu Y, Membrane progestin receptors in the midbrain ventral tegmental area are required for progesterone-facilitated lordosis of rats. Hormones and behavior, 2013 Aug;64(3):539-45 | 2013 |
| Kohtz AS, Paris JJ, Frye CA, Low doses of cocaine decrease, and high doses increase, anxiety-like behavior and brain progestogen levels among intact rats. Hormones and behavior, 2010 Apr;57(4-5):474-80 | 2010 |
| Kohtz AS, Frye CA, Learning and the Lifespan: What's Sex Got to Do With It? Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020;14:216 | |
| Cason AM, Kohtz A, Aston-Jones G, Role of Corticotropin Releasing Factor 1 Signaling in Cocaine Seeking during Early Extinction in Female and Male Rats. PloS one, 2016;11(6):e0158577 | |
| Ye X, Kohtz A, Pollonini G, Riccio A, Alberini CM, Insulin Like Growth Factor 2 Expression in the Rat Brain Both in Basal Condition and following Learning Predominantly Derives from the Maternal Allele. PloS one, 2015;10(10):e0141078 | |
| Kohtz AS, Frye CA, Dissociating behavioral, autonomic, and neuroendocrine effects of androgen steroids in animal models. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2012;829:397-431 | |
Professional Membership and Service
| Society for Neuroscience, Member | |
| International Steroids and Nervous System, Member |